I have flare ups of pain (in the centre of my upper abdomen) which did begin after a period of ibuprofen use 2+ years ago but I've completely quit taking it, had a few rounds of omazeprole since and I still get the pain. It's happening more often as time goes on and tends to be worse in the lead up to my period.
I'm constantly constipated (my stools are always a 1 on the bristol stool chart) and I can't remember the last time they were normal. I have taken a home H.pylori test which was negative. The constipation may be related to a med I take though, Nortryptiline.
I took one dose of DulcoEase and Cenlax for the first time last Thursday to help me go to the toilet and whilst it did help me go eventually, it didn't begin to work for three days and I've had continuous, excessive gas/wind/flatulence, epigastric pain and acid reflux ever since I took it. Surely that's not normal for one dose of mild laxative?
The last time I had a 'flare' of symptoms this bad was last year which came out of nowhere. 111 sent me to A&E suspecting gallstones but the hospital assumed it was gastritis (no tests done other than a blood test) after I mentioned historical ibuprofen use. I don't think it's 'just' gastritis though and I'm worried they might be missing something else by focusing so much on the ibuprofen I took ages ago and no longer do.
I went to the doctors today hoping they'd agree to refer me for an endoscopy as its been going on for so long but instead they want me to provide a stool sample to test again for H.pylori, and another one to look for blood in my stools. GP has provided more omazeprole, glycerine suppositories and movicol which I'm scared to take after the effect the last lot is still having on my stomach..
I know you can't diagnose me over the Internet but does any of this sound familiar to anybody? IBS? Intolerance?